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Cryptocurrency-The World of Cryptocurrencies


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1 Dept. of (MCA), YMTCollege of Management Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
2 Information Technology Departmen, Asia Pay India Pvt. Ltd., Chakala, Mumbai, India
 

Cryptocurrency is a form of secured digital asset. Cryptocurrency is regulated without interference of any centralized financial authorities like Banks. It is controlled online by a group of currency holders themselves which is possible only using Internet.

Cryptocurrencies use decentralized technology to let its users do secured transactions and keep record of all transactions without the need to use intermediate Financial Institutes like bank. They are maintained on a distributed open catalog called blockchain, which is a record of all transactions updated and held by currency holders.


Keywords

Cryptography, Blockchain, Bitcoins, E-Wallet, Bitcoin Mining, Transaction, Payment, Bitgold, Currency.
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Authors

Priyanka Tandel
Dept. of (MCA), YMTCollege of Management Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
Sneha Mestry
Information Technology Departmen, Asia Pay India Pvt. Ltd., Chakala, Mumbai, India

Abstract


Cryptocurrency is a form of secured digital asset. Cryptocurrency is regulated without interference of any centralized financial authorities like Banks. It is controlled online by a group of currency holders themselves which is possible only using Internet.

Cryptocurrencies use decentralized technology to let its users do secured transactions and keep record of all transactions without the need to use intermediate Financial Institutes like bank. They are maintained on a distributed open catalog called blockchain, which is a record of all transactions updated and held by currency holders.


Keywords


Cryptography, Blockchain, Bitcoins, E-Wallet, Bitcoin Mining, Transaction, Payment, Bitgold, Currency.

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